Canaan Everheart Harvests and Local Visits Highlight Week
The community gathers for corn work and cotton picking as John minor families and friends from Sherman, Kentucky Town, Walnut Grove and Orangeville visit. Improvements on W L White’s place near the gin and Bryant King’s bungalow near completion mark local progress. Visitors include S O Minor, Lee Minor, J E Rutledge, Chesley Rutledge, Misses Irene Isabella and Roberta Mae Alverson, M E Everheart and family, H H Sears family, J H Hardcastle, and Edna Cowart with J E Everheart family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.L. White
Bryant King
S. O. Minor
Lee Minor
J. E. Rutledge
Chesley Rutledge
Sherman
Irene, Isabell
Roberta Mae Alverson
C. D. Alverson
M.E. Everheart
H. H. Sears
Mabel Everheart
Guy Dillon
Whitewright
Lafayette
George Garner
Kentuckytown
C. B. Alexander
J.H. Hardcastle
Dave Alverson
Walnut Grove
J.H. Webster
Edna Cowart
J. E. Everheart
Laura Bell Garner
Orangeville
Euline Wakefield
Bonham
C. M. Blanton
Whitewright families and businesses make Sunday visits
W L White and family motored to Sherman on Wednesday. T P Wells visited J D Garner on Sunday. E L Hopkins and family of Whitewright visited W O Morgan and family Sunday. Mrs B Garner of Ely visited relatives here. Vaughn and White opened a stock of groceries here and will run the business through the gin season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.L. White
Sherman
T.P. Wells
J.D. Garner
E. L. Hopkins
Whitewright
W. O. Morgan
Luring Wild Geese With Live Decoys Described
A Philadelphia North American summary describes how wild geese migrate from southern waters to the Arctic shores and are hunted across thousands of miles. Hunters use captured living geese as decoys and steel-painted decoys, calling birds from hiding pits to lure them within shooting range.
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Arctic
Canada
Philadelphia
Writing on Metals with Wax and Acids Etching
A Youth's Companion article explains an easy method to inscribe metal objects. Cover the surface with beeswax, write through it, then apply a mixed muriatic and nitric acid solution to etch the letters. Rinse, remove wax, finish with oil. Gold silver iron steel can be marked this way.
Brandy Poison Plot Test and Berthollet Courage
The tale recounts Berthollet amid the French Revolution defending the purity of brandy despite a suspected poison plot just before Thermidor. Robespierre challenges him and Berthollet drinks to prove its safety, claiming greater courage from his metal as he signed his report.
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Berthollet
Robespierre
Republic
Seventh Century Needlework Carried in Convents
The article notes seventh century needlework developed in convents, used for church tasks and priestly robes. It recounts a religious lady who asked St. Dunstan, then a talented youth, to design embroidery later executed in gold thread.
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St. Dunstan
Telegram errors spark will scare in Chicago News
A man sends a telegram to Mrs Brown on Center Street saying uncle James is dead and heirs are readied. The clerk notes two words too many and the reply trims the phrase by removing “with grief,” prompting a curious telegram exchange.
What Causes Tuberculosis soil must be prepared for it
The article explains tuberculosis arises from a germ that can only grow in weakened soil. It outlines personal causes such as temperance and poor diet and environmental ones like bad housing, crowded streets, and lack of recreation. Concluding that soil quality determines whether the tubercle bacillus causes disease.
City Council Dealing With Sanitation Complaints At Session
The city council met in regular monthly session with all members present and Mayor Pro Tem Switch presiding. The sanitary committee reported dissatisfaction with the scavenger’s work and the scavenger was present to address the complaints.
City Council Weighs Hiring, Pipe Covers for Winter
The council learned the mayor had hired men to do the work after illness and instructed him to replace workers if needed. Exposed water pipes tapped the mains risk freezing this winter, so a committee will notify owners to bury lines deeper. The street and alley committee urged repairs, and City Marshall Roberts began work Wednesday. No other items were mentioned.
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Marshall Roberts
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic Advert Ends Malaria
An old newspaper ad promotes Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as a general strengthener. It claims the tonic drives out malaria enriches the blood and builds up the system for adults and children.
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Grove
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R. May, M. D
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the World Film Corporation Presents
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Milton Sills
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